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ambient black metal
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Description
Ambient black metal merges the raw aggression and tremolo-picked guitars of black metal with spacious, atmospheric soundscapes that emphasize mood over intensity. The genre strips away much of black metal's fury, replacing it with hypnotic repetition, synthesizer textures, and a meditative quality that evokes isolation and natural grandeur. Born from the Norwegian scene's experimental edge, it transforms black metal's darkness into something vast and contemplative.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album | Tags | Other places |
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| 83 |
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1993-08-20 | Burzum | Det Som Engang Var |
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| 99 |
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1994-04 | Burzum | Hvis lyset tar oss |
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| 28 |
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1996 | Burzum | Filosofem (Remastered) |
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| 91 |
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1996-01-31 | Burzum | Filosofem |
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| 16 | 1997-05-19 | Arckanum | Kostogher |
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| 39 |
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1998 | Nargaroth | Orke |
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| 58 | 1998-05 | Paysage d'Hiver | Schattengang |
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| 87 |
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1999 | Paysage d'Hiver | Paysage d'Hiver | ||
| 19 |
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1999 | Paysage d'Hiver | Paysage D'Hiver / Lunar Aurora |
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| 17 |
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2000-04-11 | Viking Crown | Innocence from Hell |
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| 18 |
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2002 | Lurker of Chalice | Lurker of Chalice | ||
| 65 | 2002-05-30 | Darkspace | Dark Space -I |
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| 3 | 2002-07-11 | Vinterriket | Finsternis |
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| 88 | 2003-10-13 | Darkspace | Dark Space I |
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| 26 | 2004-06 | Xasthur | Telepathic With the Deceased |
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| 85 | 2004-09-14 | Velvet Cacoon | Genevieve |
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| 31 |
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2005 | Starlit | Ataraxis |
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| 6 |
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2005-06 | Lifelover | Promo 2005 |
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| 96 | 2005-11-19 | Darkspace | Dark Space II |
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| 66 | 2006 | ColdWorld | Melancholie |
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| 7 |
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2006 | Sieghetnar | Verfallen & Verendet |
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| 52 |
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2006-01-20 | ColdWorld | The Stars Are Dead Now | ||
| 94 |
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2006-01 | ColdWorld | Thestarsaredeadnow |
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| 5 |
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2006-02 | Wolves in the Throne Room | Diadem Of 12 Stars |
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| 73 | 2006-10-23 | Blut aus Nord | MoRT | |||
| 70 | 2006-12 | Velvet Cacoon | Dextronaut |
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| 12 |
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2007 | All The Cold | Dark Sorrows Of My Microcosm (demo) |
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| 33 | 2007-01-28 | Striborg | Ghostwoodlands |
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| 38 |
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2007-04-16 | Black Funeral | Waters of Weeping |
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| 72 |
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2007-09-25 | Wolves in the Throne Room | Two Hunters |
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| 9 | 2007-09-28 | Striborg | Solitude |
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| 4 | 2007-10-30 | Thorns | Stigma Diabolicum |
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| 53 | 2007-12-24 | Zuriaake | Afterimage of Autumn |
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| 45 | 2008 | Irrwisch | Irrwisch |
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| 43 | 2008-01 | I Shalt Become | In The Falling Snow |
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| 8 | 2008-02-05 | Njiqahdda | Ints | Nji | Verfatu |
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| 89 | 2008-03-24 | ColdWorld | Melancholie² | |||
| 23 |
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2008-05-08 | Smorzando | Smrad |
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| 41 | 2008-05-30 | Darkspace | Dark Space III |
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| 79 | 2008-05 | Panopticon | Panopticon |
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| 29 | 2008-06 | Njiqahdda | Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn. |
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| 84 |
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2008-10 | Lustre | Serenity |
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| 57 |
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2008-11-14 | Impavida | Eerie Sceneries |
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| 30 |
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2008-12 | Lustre | Serenity (EP) |
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| 24 |
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2009 | Arckanum | Fran Marder (2009 Reissue) |
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| 27 | 2009-03-31 | Borgne | IV |
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| 69 | 2009-04-03 | Trist | Willenskraft |
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| 62 | 2009-04-24 | All The Cold | One Year Of Cold |
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| 36 | 2009-05-02 | Vinterriket | Horizontmelancholie |
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| 95 | 2009-05-24 | Lustre | Night Spirit |
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| 40 | 2009-06-09 | Sun of the Blind | Skullreader | |||
| 32 |
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2009-09-30 | Lustre | Neath the black veil (Demo) |
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| 51 |
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2009-10-12 | Arizmenda | Within the Vacuum of Infinity... |
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| 49 | 2010-01-05 | Astral Silence | Astral Journey |
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| 47 | 2010-03-08 | Forest Silence | Winter Ritual |
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| 82 | 2010-03 | Xasthur | Portal of Sorrow |
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| 90 | 2010-05-21 | October Falls | A Collapse of Faith | |||
| 92 | 2010-09-20 | Lustre | A Glimpse of Glory |
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| 63 | 2011-01-01 | Duszę Wypuścił | Przekrólewszczenie |
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| 48 | 2011-02-24 | Clair Cassis | Luxury Absolute |
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| 80 | 2011-03-26 | Nargaroth | Spectral Visions of Mental Warfare |
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| 98 | 2012-04-15 | Urfaust | Ritual Music For The True Clochard |
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| 77 | 2012-04-22 | Lustre | Of Strength and Solace |
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| 46 | 2012-05-20 | Basarabian Hills | Spirit of the Native Land |
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| 44 | 2012-06-12 | Borgne | Royaume des Ombres |
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| 93 | 2012-08-14 | Ash Borer | Cold of Ages |
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| 64 | 2012-09-11 | Melankoli | Wind |
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| 35 | 2012-11-30 | Basarabian Hills | A Breath Of The Wide Valley |
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| 11 |
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2013-02-16 | Moon | The Nine Gates |
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| 97 | 2013-02-22 | Paysage d'Hiver | Das Tor | |||
| 71 | 2013-09-03 | Vattnet Viskar | Sky Swallower |
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| 37 |
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2013-10-30 | Midnight Odyssey | Converge, Rivers Of Hell |
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| 25 | 2014-01-20 | Ered Wethrin | All Song Ceased |
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| 76 | 2014-05-02 | Spectral Lore | III |
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| 50 |
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2014-08-18 | Bekëth Nexëhmü | De Svarta Riterna |
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| 60 | 2014-09-06 | Darkspace | Dark Space III I | |||
| 22 | 2014-09-29 | Aureole | Alunar |
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| 2 |
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2015 | Severoth | Winterfall |
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| 14 |
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2015 | Darchon | The Stygian Black Beyond |
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| 67 |
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2015-04-20 | Akhlys | The Dreaming I |
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| 20 |
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2016-02-29 | Hermóðr | The Darkness of December |
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| 55 |
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2016-03-13 | Mesarthim | Pillars |
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| 59 |
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2016-12-21 | Hermóðr | The Howling Mountains |
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| 78 |
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2017-03-21 | None | Where Life Should Be | ||
| 74 |
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2017-10-17 | None | none |
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| 86 |
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2017-12-01 | Eldamar | A Dark Forgotten Past | ||
| 21 |
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2018-01-05 | Bloodbark | Bonebranches |
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| 100 |
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2018-02-16 | Lustre | The First Snow |
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| 34 |
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2018-04-08 | Alrakis | Echoes From η Carinae |
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| 10 |
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2018-05-11 | Reverorum ib Malacht | Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble |
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| 68 |
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2018-06-18 | Mesarthim | The Density Parameter |
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| 81 |
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2020-04-28 | Lustre | They Awoke the Scent of Winter |
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| 54 |
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2020-09 | Old Sorcery | Sorrowcrown |
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| 56 |
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2020-11-27 | Paysage d'Hiver | Im Traum |
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| 15 |
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2021 | Blut aus Nord | Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue with the Stars |
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| 13 | 2021-05-07 | Jute Gyte | Mitrealität |
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| 61 |
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2022-05-27 | Lustre | Phantom |
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| 75 |
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2024-02-16 | Darkspace | Dark Space -II |
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ENTARDECER | Lethargy |
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| 42 |
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ENTARDECER | Wind |
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